Cricket | Guardian (The) | Times of India (The)
8 July 2021
“India’s revered superstars failed to dazzle on ‘D-Day’ as New Zealand’s canny operators and their classy skipper Kane Williamson deservingly walked away with the inaugural World Test Championship title after a composed eight-wicket win…
Cricket | Guardian (The)
11 January 2021
“After beating Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs in the second Test of a series they swept 2-0, New Zealand (a country with the total population around half that of London, and a…
General | BBC Sport
27 July 2019
Christchurch-born Ben Stokes, 28, is already receiving award nominations for his match-winning role in England’s Cricket World Cup win – but not from who you would expect, BBC Sport reports.
Despite breaking New Zealand’s heart…
Cricket | Indian Express (The)
16 July 2019
“Martin Crowe’s batting was grace personified and had he been alive, he would have been the first one to acknowledge that Kane Williamson, 28, probably is the greatest batsman to have played for New…
Cricket | NZEDGE.com
15 July 2019
In the greatest game of cricket ever played – it was the World Cup final after all – it was New-Zealand born Englishman Ben Stokes who grittily anchored the home team at Lords against…
Cricket | NZEdge
11 July 2019
In a World Cricket Cup semi-final for the ages in Manchester, New Zealand’s Black Caps have spectacularly edged into the finals with a dramatic and unexpected win against super team India. Coming off three…
Cricket | Telegraph (The)
27 March 2018
Mr Williamson sits on his sofa at home in Tauranga trying to watch the television, circa 1993. He lobs a ball, which the child prodigy Kane carefully hits around the living room.
Around the world…
Cricket | Stuff | Times of India (The)
7 November 2017
Pacer Trent Boult took four wickets to help New Zealand beat India by 40 runs in the second T20 in Rajkot, India. New Zealand levelled the three-match series 1-1 with the comprehensive victory.
Chasing 197-run…
Cricket | Guardian (The) | Stuff
7 February 2017
Australia have relinquished the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and potentially the No 1 ODI ranking, with Mitchell Starc unable to save his batsmen’s blushes in a dramatic 24-run defeat to New Zealand in Hamilton, Pat Cummins…
Cricket | Cricbuzz
21 May 2016
“In an incredible tale of leadership and introspection to the extent of soul-searching, Brendon McCullum, who retired from international cricket last year, opened up in an exclusive chat to Cricbuzz about why he decided…
Cricket | ICC
1 May 2016
Kane Williamson has been chosen to skipper the New Zealand team in all three formats.
“Kane has been a leader within the team for a long time now and already shown himself to be an…
Cricket | Sky Sports
19 April 2016
Dunedin-born skipper Suzie Bates, 28, has been named Wisden’s 2015 Leading Woman Cricketer in the World, scooping the accolade ahead of Australians Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry.
The right-hander joins New Zealand men’s captain Kane…
Cricket | Sydney Morning Herald (The)
17 March 2016
“New Zealand have spun their way to a 47-run win over India, toppling the World Twenty20 hosts with a superb Mitchell Santner-led performance in the field in Nagpur,” as reported in an article on…
Cricket | Reuters
6 June 2015
“New Zealand did more than enough against England to prove they are worth much more than a two-test series shoe-horned into the schedule as a tasty appetiser before the Ashes,” which begins in July,…
Cricket | The Independent
2 March 2015
Auckland is humming. After a month of sublime weather, and on a day in which the Volvo round the world yachts arrived in post, the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of…
Cricket | Yorkshire Post (The)
15 January 2015
Yorkshire batsman New Zealander Kane Williamson – “a bona fide ‘star’ as opposed to one of the self-generated variety – is not your average character or your average cricketer.
Tauranga-born Williamson, who can block the…
Sport
14 January 2015
Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum hit a whirlwind double century and shared a record-breaking 297-run stand with century-maker Kane Williamson when the Black Caps took on Pakistan back in…
Cricket | Guardian (The) | International Cricket Council
8 January 2015
The Black Caps won their second test match against the Sri Lankan side yesterday, completing a 2-0 series sweep at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
The winning start to the years continues what was the…
Cricket | ESPNcricinfo
30 December 2014
Having just won the first test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand’s Black Caps have made 2014 their best Test year ever.
The Black Caps beat Sri Lanka by an impressive 8 wickets with a day…
Cricket | ESPN
26 January 2013
Black Cap Kane Williamson, 22, finished unbeaten on 145 from 136 balls before New Zealand fielded their way to a 27-run victory over South Africa in Kimberley. New Zealand secured their first series victory…